Ginger Katz - Teen Drug Prevention https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org Courage to Speak Foundation Blog Sun, 30 Mar 2025 07:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sunflower-icon-150x150.png Ginger Katz - Teen Drug Prevention https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org 32 32 How It All Started – The Courage to Speak® https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/how-it-all-started-the-courage-to-speak/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-it-all-started-the-courage-to-speak https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/how-it-all-started-the-courage-to-speak/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 03:43:00 +0000 https://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=4022 On a day like today, I remember my beloved son, Ian James Eaccarino, whose life was tragically taken from us far too soon. It’s hard to fathom how many years have passed since that moment—since my life shattered into a million pieces. There are no words to fully describe the devastation of losing your child....

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/how-it-all-started-the-courage-to-speak/feed/ 0 Sharing Ian’s Story – 25 Years Later https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/25-years-later-sharing-ians-story/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25-years-later-sharing-ians-story https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/25-years-later-sharing-ians-story/#respond Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:15:13 +0000 http://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=2735   On September 10, 1996, we lost Ian to an accidental drug overdose from heroin and valium. Today is the 25th year of his death.  I take this opportunity to share with you not how Ian died but how he lived. All who knew Ian would agree that he had a special way to make...

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/25-years-later-sharing-ians-story/feed/ 0 Courage to Speak Empowering Youth to be Drug-Free Family Night https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/16th-annual-courage-to-speak-empowering-youth-to-be-drug-free-family-night/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=16th-annual-courage-to-speak-empowering-youth-to-be-drug-free-family-night https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/16th-annual-courage-to-speak-empowering-youth-to-be-drug-free-family-night/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2020 18:19:34 +0000 https://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=3136 This exciting event will spotlight the outstanding work and words of students who participate in the Courage to Speak® Foundation’s curricula taught by their health teachers. The schools include Brookside Elementary School, Nathan Hale, Roton, West Rocks, Ponus Ridge Middle Schools and Side by Side Charter School.  Norwalk’s Mayor, Harry Rilling, Chief of Operations, Dr....

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/16th-annual-courage-to-speak-empowering-youth-to-be-drug-free-family-night/feed/ 0 Running Towards a Healthy Lifestyle https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/running-towards-a-healthy-lifestyle/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=running-towards-a-healthy-lifestyle https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/running-towards-a-healthy-lifestyle/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:28:04 +0000 https://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=3111 The Courage to Speak Foundation Announces the Annual Ian James Eaccarino Memorial 9-Mile Race to take place this summer at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT.  Ginger Katz, CEO and Founder of the Courage to Speak® Foundation and author of Sunny’s Story, announced the Annual Ian James Eaccarino Memorial 9-Mile Race, which will take place this summer...

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/running-towards-a-healthy-lifestyle/feed/ 0 Courage to Speak – Courageous Parenting 101® https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/courage-to-speak-courageous-parenting-101/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=courage-to-speak-courageous-parenting-101 https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/courage-to-speak-courageous-parenting-101/#respond Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:06:13 +0000 https://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=3079 The Courage to Speak® Foundation began shortly after I lost my son Ian to heroin and prescription drug overdose. In the years that followed, I came to understand first hand the behaviors that enabled and perpetuated the disease of addiction. I did the best I could as a parent, but the disease was bigger than...

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/courage-to-speak-courageous-parenting-101/feed/ 0 Family Focus: Ginger Katz of the Courage to Speak Foundation https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/family-focus-ginger-katz-of-the-courage-to-speak-foundation/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-focus-ginger-katz-of-the-courage-to-speak-foundation https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/family-focus-ginger-katz-of-the-courage-to-speak-foundation/#respond Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:05:51 +0000 https://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=3021 Posted by Informed Families When Ginger Katz’s 20-year-old son Ian died of a drug overdose, the doctors suggested she tell people that he died of a heart attack or brain aneurysm. Katz said that the night before the funeral, she couldn’t sleep, feeling “physically, spiritually and intellectually” unable to attend the next day’s events. “I felt...

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/family-focus-ginger-katz-of-the-courage-to-speak-foundation/feed/ 0 Drug Prevention Event – The Courage to Speak Empowering Youth the be Drug-Free Family Night https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/drug-prevention-event-the-courage-to-speak-empowering-youth-the-be-drug-free-family-night-2015/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drug-prevention-event-the-courage-to-speak-empowering-youth-the-be-drug-free-family-night-2015 https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/drug-prevention-event-the-courage-to-speak-empowering-youth-the-be-drug-free-family-night-2015/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:27:04 +0000 http://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=2846 Drug Prevention Event – The Courage to Speak Empowering Youth to be Drug-free Family Night and Media Event  Students Speak Out! This event bring students, parents, educators, school and government officials, business and community leaders together to affirm their commitment to keep children safe from drugs and other risky behaviors. A complimentary dinner will be...

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/drug-prevention-event-the-courage-to-speak-empowering-youth-the-be-drug-free-family-night-2015/feed/ 0 Ginger Katz, “A Mother’s Promise to Her Son,” featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Inner Strength. https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/a-mothers-promise-to-her-son-by-ginger-katz-in-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-how-to-find-your-inner-strength/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-mothers-promise-to-her-son-by-ginger-katz-in-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-how-to-find-your-inner-strength https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/a-mothers-promise-to-her-son-by-ginger-katz-in-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-how-to-find-your-inner-strength/#respond Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:39:08 +0000 http://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=2753 Chicken Soup for the Soul. Find Your Inner Strength Ginger Katz’s Story, A Mother’s Promise to her Son FEATURED IN “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series (Starting on page 88 of the Section ~Powering Through Loss~) You will find Stories of Resilience, Positive Thinking & Overcoming Challenges You’ll read Fran Drescher’s story along with 101 others, all inspiring...

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/a-mothers-promise-to-her-son-by-ginger-katz-in-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-how-to-find-your-inner-strength/feed/ 0 Ginger’s Promise to her Son Ian https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/gingerspromise/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gingerspromise https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/gingerspromise/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:14:56 +0000 http://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=2285 Ginger’s Promise to her Son Ian Sunny tried to wake me the night Ian died. Sunny our family beagle, climbed four flights of stairs from Ian’s bed and jumped on my bed to wake me up. But Ian’s words had rocked me to sleep that night. “Mom I want to see the doctor in the...

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/gingerspromise/feed/ 0 Addiction – Drugs Don’t Discriminate™ https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/addiction-drugs-dont-discriminate/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=addiction-drugs-dont-discriminate https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/addiction-drugs-dont-discriminate/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:50:33 +0000 http://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=2190 Addiction – Drugs Don’t Discriminate™ Written by Ginger Katz | On September 10, 1996, I lost my 20-year-old son, Ian, to a drug overdose just before he was going into a rehabilitation program the next day. Ian had used marijuana, tobacco and other drugs in high school. At one point he was picked up by an officer at...

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/addiction-drugs-dont-discriminate/feed/ 0 Ginger Katz talks about drug prevention with Bill O’Reilly https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/ginger-katz-interview-with-bill-oreilly-fox-news-672013/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ginger-katz-interview-with-bill-oreilly-fox-news-672013 https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/ginger-katz-interview-with-bill-oreilly-fox-news-672013/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:34:38 +0000 http://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=1799 Ginger Katz, CEO & Founder of the Courage to Speak Foundation and author of Sunny’s Story, a drug prevention book, appeared on the O’Reilly Factor on Friday, June 7th, 2013. Ms. Katz talked about drug prevention education, prosecuting drug dealers and keeping our children safe. “Loosening the drug laws would create more drug use,” Katz...

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]]> https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/ginger-katz-interview-with-bill-oreilly-fox-news-672013/feed/ 0 The Courage to Speak Presentation https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/presentation-schedule-1/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=presentation-schedule-1 https://www.teendrugprevention.couragetospeak.org/presentation-schedule-1/#respond Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:08:52 +0000 http://www.teendrugabuseprevention.com/?p=1613 The Courage to Speak Presentation We are currently booking The Courage to Speak Presentations programs for the fall, winter and spring in CT and across the country as well as Canada to the following audiences: Parents Students from Elementary school up to College Counselors Athletic Directors Youth Groups Physicians Church Groups Local, State and National Conferences The Courage to...

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